JN140

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JN140   EP1225 ツンベアーのためいき！ Tunbear's Sigh!

First broadcast Japan February 3, 2023 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター -with my friends- Ending

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 齋藤徳明 Noriaki Saitō Assistant directors 大賀まこと Makoto Ōga 森山愛弓 Ayumi Moriyama Animation directors 倉員千晶 Chiaki Kurakazu 柳原好貴 Yoshitaka Yanagihara 中矢利子 Toshiko Nakaya 小川智樹 Tomoki Ogawa No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: ツンベアーのためいき！ Tunbear's Sigh!) is the fourth episode of Pocket Monsters: Aim to Be a Pokémon Master, the 140th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,225th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on February 3, 2023.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Ash's Incineroar is revealed to have learned Darkest Lariat.
• This is the first time we see Ash's Incineroar battle since its debut evolution in SM143

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Beartic

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Talonflame (Ash's)
• Incineroar (Ash's)
• Starmie (Misty's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Latias (anime)
• Beartic
• Bellsprout
• Oddish
• Seedot
• Aipom
• Spearow
• Teddiursa
• Ursaring
• Magikarp (multiple)
• Kyurem (fantasy)

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: Lechonk
• In this episode, Misty wears the same jacket her game counterpart wears in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
• This marks the first time Ash's Incineroar is seen using a move since evolving in Fiery Surprises!, 143 episodes earlier.
• This episode marks the first physical appearance of Misty's Starmie in the main series since The Misty Mermaid, 1,164 episodes earlier.
  • This episode also marks the first appearance of Brock's Forretress in the anime since Home is Where the Start Is!, 759 episodes earlier.
    • This episode also marks the first appearance of a Forretress in the anime since Steeling Peace of Mind!, 649 episodes earlier.
• Shinji Miyazaki's music from the original series is reused as background music in this episode.
• This is the first episode of Aim to Be a Pokémon Master in which Team Rocket doesn’t appear.
• Unshō Ishizuka was added into the credits for this episode, with archived audio of his voice being used for Brock's Forretress.
• James, Jessie, Ash, Misty, Squirtle, and Pikachu narrate the preview of the next episode.

Errors

• Brock's Forretress is seen being held inside a standard Poké Ball instead of a Fast Ball throughout the episode.

In other languages

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